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Netanyahu and Pompeo vow to counter Iranian aggression
JERUSALEM: Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to counter Iranian “aggression” as the two met in Jerusalem just weeks ahead of Israel’s elections.Pompeo was on a regional
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Daesh holdouts in Syria battle ‘gone by tonight:’ Trump
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Daesh’s last bastion in Syria will be “gone” by the end of the day.He showed off maps that illustrate the dramatic shrinking of territory held
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Pressure mounts as May heads to final EU summit before Brexit
London, United Kingdom - On Thursday, the final EU summit before the UK leaves the EU will take place and tensions are at boiling point. The European Union on Wednesday raised the stakes in the
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Britain’s Theresa May asks EU to delay Brexit until June 30
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is "determined to get on with Brexit" following an emergency parliamentary debate over her request to delay the UK's departure from the European Union by three months. The UK
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New Zealand mosque attack: Who were the victims?
They were teachers, engineers and accountants. Some were born in New Zealand, while others had migrated to the Pacific Island decades ago, fleeing conflict or seeking a better life. Many died while trying to protect
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EPP suspends Hungary’s far-right Fidesz Party
The European Parliament's centre-right European People's Party (EPP) has indefinitely suspended Hungary's nationalist Fidesz party, in a blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orban just months ahead of European Parliament elections. The move on Wednesday,
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Widow of slain Mexican journalist ‘targeted by spyware’
Mexico City - Griselda Triana, the widow of slain Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, was targeted by government-owned spyware less than two weeks after the prominent reporter was killed, according to Citizen Lab, a Toronto-based internet
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Algeria tensions: Governing party chief backs protesters
JERUSALEM: Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to counter Iranian “aggression” as the two met in Jerusalem just weeks ahead of Israel’s elections.Pompeo was on a regional
Middle East News
Netanyahu and Pompeo vow to counter Iranian aggression
JERUSALEM: Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to counter Iranian “aggression” as the two met in Jerusalem just weeks ahead of Israel’s elections.Pompeo was on a regional
Middle East News
Daesh holdouts in Syria battle ‘gone by tonight:’ Trump
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Daesh’s last bastion in Syria will be “gone” by the end of the day.He showed off maps that illustrate the dramatic shrinking of territory held


